REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES

US weekly report

Week of Jan 8 to Jan 14, 2024

  • Texas

    244

    wells permitted · 147 in the week before +66%

    63 operators · 200 horizontal

    Latest approval on file: Jan 12, 2024

  • New Mexico

    78

    wells permitted · 38 in the week before +105%

    12 operators · 77 horizontal

    Latest approval on file: Jan 12, 2024

  • Oklahoma

    11

    wells permitted · 8 in the week before +38%

    7 operators · 8 horizontal

    Latest approval on file: Jan 12, 2024

Wells permitted by week

The twelve weeks to Jan 14, 2024, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.

Operators filing a first permit

Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved Jan 8 to Jan 14, 2024. A registration is one operator number with one regulator, so a new one is not always a new company: where Petrora groups it with other registrations, the company is named.

OperatorFirst permitWells permittedPermits on fileMostly in
Calcuta Petroleum LLCJan 12, 202412OK

Operators new to a county

An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Jan 8 to Jan 14, 2024 where the operator has no other well of record. The map shows the wells around the first of them, by operator. Registrations that are new altogether are in the list above.

OperatorCountyWells permittedFirst approved
BTA Oil Producers LLCCrane, TXWells around it2Jan 11, 2024
Atoka Operating Inc.Jasper, TXWells around it1Jan 9, 2024
De IV Operating, LLCUpton, TXWells around it1Jan 8, 2024

Wells that changed operator

Wells whose operator of record changed Jan 8 to Jan 14, 2024, by who they went from and to: 1 well between 1 pair of operators. The record says the operator changed, not why. Operator history is not available for Texas or Oklahoma, so this list is New Mexico only.

FromToWellsEffective
3R Operating, LLCMack Energy Corp, NM1Jan 9, 2024

Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals

Vertical wells permitted Jan 8 to Jan 14, 2024 by operators whose wells permitted over the twelve months before were at least 90% horizontal, out of 10 or more. New wells only, where the record says what a permit is for. The record says the well is vertical, not what it is for; its name and depth are what there is to read.

WellOperatorCountyApprovedTarget depthType
Brannan #142-479-45083Wells around itEOG Resources, Inc.272 of 276 horizontalWebb, TXJan 11, 20246,000 ft—
Hacksaw SWD #142-115-33862Wells around itBirch Operations, Inc.26 of 27 horizontalDawson, TXJan 9, 202412,500 ft—

About this data

Each state regulator's well record (Texas: RRC; New Mexico: OCD; Oklahoma: OCC). A count is wells permitted: one row per well under its latest approved permit, on the approval date. The week is recounted from the record each time the page is opened, so a well whose permit is amended later moves to the amendment's week. An operator is one registration with one regulator. Nothing is estimated or scored: each list is the rule stated above it.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/reports/weekly/2024-01-14, documented in the API reference.